In the wake of Iran’s controversial election results, protesters continue to take their dissatisfaction to the streets of Tehran.

The country responded by stiffening its deadly stance against protesters, refusing a new vote and expelling diplomats accused of spying. Their actions stepped up what could be the beginning of much worse oppression to come, says Glenn Penner of Voice of the Martyrs Canada. “Recent comments by the Iranian government and by the Ayatollah apportioning blame on foreign elements for these mass demonstrations is very concerning.”

Linking national unrest with international interference has resulted in increasing targeting of religious minorities, such as Christians. The situation for Christians worsened under Ahmadinejad’s previous term of presidency. That’s certainly going to deteriorate in the middle of this political chaos.

Iran’s population is over 71 million. 99.4% of are Islamic. The largest people group in Iran are the over 25 million Persians. The second largest group are the over 14 million Azeri Turk Azerbaijani people.

Pray for all the 94 least-reached people groups still living in Iran.

Source : Intercessors Network via Australian Prayer Network

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A man assaulted a service station attendant with chocolate bars, Parramatta Bail Court heard yesterday.

Peakhurts man Rex Payne allegedly threw Cherry Ripes, Crunchies, Picnics and Killer Pythons at an employee from the BP Service Station on the Princes Highway at Carss Park while in a drunken rage.

During the attack, he repeatedly demanded the employee call the police, saying he had been hit by a car.

Payne was arrested when the police arrived.

Police said Payne had recently inherited about $800,000.

Registrar Donna Evans granted Payne bail, warning him to stay away from the service station, adding “particularly the Crunchies, Cherry Ripes and Picnics”.

This “news” article was printed in The Sun Herald (one of Sydney’s major Sunday papers) on 10 August 2003.  Yes, 6 years ago.  While Diane and I were packing, we found the page which we’d removed from the paper and kept.

We take pack-rat-dom to a whole new level.

So, I’m now posting it here for two reasons :

1. we can now throw out that snippet of paper, and
2. we can continue laughing at how ridiculous this is, and the implication that inheriting $800,000 might send you into a drunken rage and attack people with chocolate…naturally.

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